Cryoturris fargoi

Cryoturris fargoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Cryoturris
Species: C. fargoi
Binomial name
Cryoturris fargoi
McGinty, 1955

Cryoturris fargoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

Contents

Description

Distribution

C. fargoi can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the coast of North Carolina south to Colombia.[3]; in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ^ Cryoturris fargoi McGinty, 1955.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420331 on 8 August 2011.
  3. ^ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 666.